Elementor Website Builder Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Elementor is a WordPress plugin aimed at helping people build a site. It was launched in mid-2016, and since then, it has satisfied millions of users. Elementor currently has 3+ million installs and a rating of 4.9 on the WordPress repository. Not bad at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elementor is a visual drag-and-drop website builder. Building a page with Elementor is like arranging items on a canvas\u2014somehow similar to playing a strategy video game. Due to its ease of use, many people have crafted sites relaxing without writing a single line of code. And when I say no line of code, I mean no line of code<\/em><\/strong>. Ironically, you have to upgrade to the pro version to add custom CSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ll assume that you have already purchased a domain name and a host for your WordPress site. If you are considering the possibilities of downloading Elementor for free, then you’re in luck; we have written an article about that; click here to read it<\/a>. To install Elementor on your site, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tip:<\/em><\/strong> Alternatively, you can visit the Elementor site and download the plugin. Head to your WordPress admin dashboard, click on <\/em>Plugins <\/em><\/strong>> <\/em>Add New<\/em><\/strong>, click on <\/em>Upload Plugin<\/em><\/strong>, and choose the path to the plugin you have just downloaded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Elementor’s settings are pretty tricky to configure for amateur users, but you can start using Elementor with the default settings. These settings are enough to meet basic needs. Then, depending on your project, choose to create or change a post or a page. Then, hit the Edit with the Elementor<\/strong> button to enter the magic world of Elementor. Elementor’s widgets are positioned in a sidebar, and you add them to the canvas with a simple drag-and-drop movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For learning purposes, let’s say that we have to create a new page. If you are confident in your design skills, starting from scratch is an option. In this case, we will begin by setting up a section with the desired number of columns. Next, we will drag the widgets onto the columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elementor also gives you a few web page templates to choose from. There is also an in-between solution\u2014you can start from scratch and add pre-made design items, such as buttons, maps, or testimonial sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The real power of Elementor is its widgets\u2014the building blocks inserted onto the canvas. To add an element to your canvas, drag it from the sidebar. Let’s take a look at two widgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s hard to believe that anyone wouldn’t use headers for their site. Heading is a basic Elementor widget that allows you to add and customize the headings\u2014title, subtitle, paragraphs, and subparagraphs\u2014depending on your choices. In addition, you can customize the headers once you’ve added the widget to the canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The customization options fall into three panels: Content<\/strong>, Style<\/strong>, and Advanced<\/strong>. Content <\/strong>is where you add the text and the links to other resources and set the size and alignment. Go to Style <\/strong>to choose the text color, the font family and size, the line height, letter spacing, text-shadow, and blend mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit Advanced <\/strong>to add borders, margins, padding, motion effects, custom positioning, and custom CSS snippets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social icons let you drive the site’s visitors to its social media channels, so pay close attention to them. Luckily, Elementor gives you tons of options to leverage social icons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like Heading, the styling of social icons falls into three panels: Content, Style, and Advanced. First, go to Content to add or remove social media icons and choose their shape and alignment. Next, in the Style panel, you can configure the colors, size, padding, spacing, border type and radius, and hovering effects. Finally, the Advanced board is similar to the Heading one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before spending time with Elementor’s features, I highly recommend paying attention to the following pros and cons of this impressive WordPress website builder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The number of customization options is one factor that has contributed to Elementor’s fantastic success. Each widget has tons of styling options, and the columns and the section are customizable too. Also, many good-looking blocks and pages are only a click away. Of course, these features are tailorable to reflect your brand perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Less-experienced users love this feature. They can see in real-time how each setting affects the web page. As a result, there’s no back-and-forth work and no wasted time\u2014not to mention how satisfied the users are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only does Elementor have a plethora of options, but it’s also user-friendly. Watching the introductory seven-minute video is enough for users to understand working with Elementor. You don’t have to know HTML and CSS to create a good-looking and functional website. That’s the primary goal of a website builder, and Elementor achieved it with Style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elementor is free of charge even though its features are premium quality. The code behind Elementor is open source, and as a result, there are many premium third-party add-ons. A premium add-on released by the Elementor team called Elementor Pro enhances the plugin. You have to pay for it, but it is undoubtedly a bargain compared to what you get!<\/p>\n\n\n\n You won’t have problems with the code if you decide to deactivate Elementor. Indeed, the styling created by Elementor disappears, but the remaining code is functional. Elementor’s competitors leave messy code behind after users deactivate them. I hate the “never or forever” idea behind other website builders. Deactivating a website builder should be as simple as activating it. Another massive thumb up for Elementor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though we recommend Elementor, parts of it still need to be improved, the pricing have also increased quite a lot the last couple of years. We have listed some of them below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing artificial is perfect, and Elementor is no exception. You don’t need to use it for many hours to observe that the Elementor loads slowly from time to time. But a refresh resolves all the problems. I am not bothered by this issue, but it might annoy more demanding users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some Elementor users claim that it slowed down their websites. Our friends at CodeIn WP performed a test, and the conclusion was that Elementor, indeed, worsens a site’s performance. On top of that, Elementor stores your revisions, which is great because you can go back to an earlier version at any time. Unfortunately, the price for this feature is that it hogs your site’s resources and, consequently, slows down the loading speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I did a lot of research before writing this article because there were mixed messages about Elementor’s customer support. Several professional reviews claimed that the support wasn’t responsive and that it took a long time to get a reply. On the other hand, even people on Capterra (a huge software review site) mentioned the quality of the customer support in Elementor’s Cons section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I decided to test the quality of the support myself, and I was impressed by the agent’s speed and kindness. Is the low-quality support a myth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n (my discussion with the customer support agent)<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow to Install Elementor Free<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How to Configure Elementor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elementor Tips<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elementor Pros<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Customization Options <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Visual Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
User-Friendly Interface<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No Price Tag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Clean Code After Deactivation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Elementor Cons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A Little Bit Buggy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Worsen Site Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Elementor Customer Support Test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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